This week’s announcement that Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning is to take an indefinite break from cricket for personal reasons will have brought knowing glances from all those who attended the inaugural T20 tournament at the Commonwealth Games.

ImagesCricket is part of the shortlist of aspirant additional sports to be added to the programme for Los

Angeles in 2028.In the meantime, it looks set for a breakthrough in multi-sport Games.The African Games

South Korean capital Seoul has been chosen by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) to hold its Youth World Championships in 2023.

Paris 2024 programme with the double the number of medal events and is also set to be contested at Los

Angeles 2028.

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) secretary general Raul Calin believes his move from Singapore back to Lausanne will streamline preparations for Paris 2024, while Mounir Bessah is moving in the other direction and has been named deputy secretary general.

organisers, it is now time for me to move back to the Olympic Capital as we prepare for Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2028," Calin said.Calin, who has been with the ITTF for almost 20 years, has also targeted working

World Lacrosse has launched a campaign for inclusion in the Los Angeles Olympics of 2028 with a promotional

was invented by Native Americans and originally known as baggataway.World Lacrosse is lobbying for Los

Angeles 2028 inclusion and plans to highlight lacrosse's international appeal, heritage and Olympic

The Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI) has praised the work of the Indonesian Sport Climbing Federation (FPTI) for forming the 2022 Indonesian Sport Climbing Circuit, a national competition to help develop athletes.

climbing is currently climbing as the name suggests, but, we can't relax because there are Paris 2024, Los

Angeles 2028 and other Olympics," said Yenny."

The PlayLA Youth Adaptive Sports Summer Season started today with Para surfing camps, Para equestrian lessons and wheelchair tennis classes.

Run by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, the initiative was launched by the

International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising

to LA28, the IOC and all of our providers and partners for helping us bring PlayLA to life," City of Los

Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks general manager Jimmy Kim said."

The inaugural Four-a-Side Wheelchair Handball World Championship is set to take place in Cairo next month with six teams from four continents featuring.

play-offs.Wheelchair handball is one of a record 33 applications in place for sports to feature at the Los

Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games.It joins the likes of arm wrestling, sport climbing, golf, karate, cerebral

British Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston believes it is not an "unrealistic ambition" for Birmingham to stage a future Olympics as he raises the prospect of a "multi-city" bid.

from IOC officials ©Getty ImagesSadleir confirmed that representatives from the IOC, Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2028 had visited the English city to run the rule over the organisation of the Commonwealth

We have had a significant contingency from Paris 2024 and LA 2028," said Sadleir."

International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) head of diplomatic relations and corporate social responsibility Gergely Murányi has claimed that Thailand has the "potential to be one of the world's leading nations in the sport".

the Summer Olympics, although it was not among the nine sports shortlisted for additional places at Los

Angeles 2028, and claims that teqball is the world's fastest-growing sport.

GPS could be introduced at future European and World Boxing Championships for referees and judges to prevent corruption in scoring, according to the International Boxing Association's (IBA) vice-president Vlodymyr Prodyvus.

He reiterated that a procedure would hopefully be in place for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games - on

We hope the system is in place at Los Angeles 2028 and will prove to boxers and fans that the sport is

Boxing is not yet on the programme for Los Angeles 2028 ©Getty ImagesThe International Olympic Committee

Tough new rules on out-of-competition testing are being planned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) - and those who transgress will face exclusion from the Olympic Games.

IWF's leadership and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which removed weightlifting from the Los

Angeles 2028 Games programme."

" is the top priority if the IWF is to regain the confidence of the IOC and claim back its place in 2028

Weightlifting is wasting 60 per cent of its potential, says the man who is coordinating plans to transform the sport by distancing it from its troubled past and taking it into a new era.

said.The reforms will be made in agreement with the IOC, which removed weightlifting from the schedule of Los

Angeles 2028 last December and will not change its mind until it sees "a change of culture" at the IWF.Jalood

The International Boxing Association (IBA) is revamping its system for evaluating referees and wean off its financial dependency on Gazprom after being stripped of its rights to host events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The IBA's problems caused boxing to be dropped from the initial sporting programme for the Los Angeles

2028 Olympic Games but Roberts finds it unimaginable that it would be left out."

Boxing cannot not be at Los Angeles 2028," said the Englishman."

Rocky Harris has been announced as the new chief of sport and athlete services for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).

opportunity ahead of us on the road to Paris [2024], Milan Cortina [2026] and then a home Games in Los

Angeles [in 2028], and I can’t wait to get to work with the USOPC team - a group that is as passionate

Close to four-fifths of residents in the American state of Utah support the hosting of the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, according to a recent poll.

65 per cent supported the bid when asked on the street.Salt Lake City staged the Winter Olympics in 2028

Committee suggesting there is a preference for the latter.The US is due to stage the Summer Olympics in 2028

in Los Angeles, with it suggested holding back-to-back Games could present logistical issues.Catalonia